Lot 576
  • 576

Hacke, William

Estimate
3,500 - 4,500 GBP
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Description

  • Hacke, William
  • A Collection of Original Voyages. London: James Knapton, 1699
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (186 x 112mm.), [xvi], 46, [ii blank], 100, 53pp., [iii pp. adverts], 3 folding engraved maps, 3 engraved plates [2 folding], contemporary dark panelled calf, red label

Hacke had been a buccaneer before publishing this collection. The voyages comprise:
I. Capt. Cowley's voyage round the globe.
II. Captain Sharp's Journey over the Isthmus of Darien, and expedition into the South Seas.
III. Capt. Wood's Voyage thro' the Streights of Magellan.
IV. Mr. Roberts's Adventures among the Corsairs of the Levant.

Provenance

Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale, armorial bookplate; Henry Blackmer, book label (sale in these rooms 11-13 October 1989, lot 152)

Literature

Blackmer 771; Hill (2004) 741; Sabin 29473

Condition

A good copy
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